So we saw royalty today in London. Really, we did. Josh, Jamie and I were strolling through Kensington Park this afternoon when a helicopter hovered over our heads and landed a little ways away in a field (near Princess Diana’s old residence). We wandered over there and saw the Royal seal on the helicopter … and a bunch of London policemen sealing off the area. The pilot came out of the chopper and stood there for a while, apparently waiting to pick someone up.

Jamie, Josh and I proceeded to discuss what we would do if it were the queen. Do you bow? Call her ‘Your highness?’ I dunno. Well, it turned out to be Princess Anne. I’ve never heard of Princess Anne, but she’s a princess and flies around Londontowne in a helicopter, so that’s good enough for me. I took some photos, so I’ll get them on Flickr soon enough.

Anyway, the weather in London has been great. 70s and sunny. We took advantage of the great weather by watching THREE football (soccer) matches in pubs on Sunday. (I love my wife.) We watched Chelsea-Liverpool, Manchester United-Arsenel and then Barcelona-Racing at night. Brilliant day of footie, but LOTS of second hand smoke. Rich, if you’re reading this, Carling Extra Cold is the best beer I’ve had so far on this trip. And Jen (Zollers), we’ve hit Wagamama TWICE so far.

London, kind of like Paris, has been pretty low key. Just hanging around, eating good food, etc. We’re off to Brussels tomorrow. Don’t know much about the city so maybe I’ll read the guidebook a bit tonight. We’ll post more later. Cheers, mate.

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